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Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 890, 7 March 1878, Page 2

Tb Noaxatt, of Waikato, we see by the 'Gazette of the 21st ult., has been authorised by the Government to frank, free from prepayment of poatago, letters and parcels posted oa tho public service. A *<moB appears earning defaulting ratepayer* of the Kirikiriroa Highway District that. aii.rates uotpaxd by the 14th iuat. will be hautied over to the Board's solicitor for recovery. Lichmbujg CojucieioNßßS Coubt.— At the meeting of the luceusing Comnnaionord, at tue Court House, Hamilton, yesterday, there was not a quorum, and one Court was adjourned till Tueuday uext the 12th mat. Mb T. 3. L. Cox, Bible colporteur, and agent, for the Scripture Gift Association, n» making a tour of the *v aikato district ior tue purpose of disposing of copied of the scriptures at the lowest nvblianed i pace. Ho will remain ac Hamilton for a A«w days, and samples of the books may oe< eeeu at tho x'out Gitic*,. Hamdtoa. vV'eat. Saws n Race Hobbbb.— A sale of racing mud -was Held on Mona»y Aaut at Duaedin, at winch Puugawerewere was sold to Jl* jbdfrard Perking for 190 guineas, and Aantippe to the same p uronatser for 66 guineas, lempieton and nuaua were aioo submitted, but were paused m at 76U and 360 srtuneas respectively. • > Tbui Piazo Annual Back Mkekno will tie held m the paddocks «f Heasrs T. andtt.MojnaaontneltJthuMt. Ttoereareno leas than seven events, beside foot sports, and tne horse raomg will be held strictly under Waikato i'urf Ciud rules, liucrance fees witu subicriptions and oolora mint be forwarded not later than 6 p.m. on xhuriday the iith mac. to the oeore&ary, Hr.VV". J. Harp, and if furuidiied to thu journal the next day will oe puuliah«d as an item of nev« m our itioue of the loth. Wh lwum from the Auckland ' Herald ' that " j&r Lar.ntoa, member for Caversliria and •x-Colotual 'IV»aßuxer, left this port f«r £nf land yesterday by tko ont- . going mail etonaver. H* reaigmod kis I oJlc* ift th« Ministry before departiag aud alao ku e«it m the Aasemoly. Tkii resignfttiom will oau&e torn* chcagea i» the Government. Wo belief* that Jfcr Stout, one ef tho members for JDunedin City, m Oiapo, will assume the portfolio of jlmiater for Education. Thiais at present Held by Mr Ballance, who will resign it, aud take the pontiom. of Coionitl Treasurer. As yet nothing i* know* as who will be tho probable successor of Mr iiaraach m tae seat for Careraham." Wm J»aQxn to learn that » very sertre aooidvßi (>t3ottred on Saturday last to tho daughter of Mi dßeid of Ngahinepouri. i'hu youug lady got hojr !}§rd entangled m the wova of a thresljiAg machina on ker farther a farm, and aa it was very ne.y§yely cruahed, and there wad no medical ass^* tance neaier than Hamilton she was brpught accroas connfcry shortly after midwgftlk pn Saturday. The Doctor found chat Pht bone 3oi the ind«x finger of the right h&nd were completely smashed, and those of £he middle finger seriously injured. Both #ngera have been amputated, and as the journey tack is spmewnat of a rough oee Miss iioid has remained ia Jtfa.miij-.tin till she has more completely recpyered the shock of the accident and tike surgipo] operation that it rendered necessary. Accident.— On Tuesday Mr McKewea .(travelling agent) hired a trap from Mr liichardaon, of Cambridge, to proceed to Pukerimu and started, having his son with him. On leaving Cambridge, while proceeding down the Cutting, the horse became restive, Mr McKewen lost all coianjajud over* him. After swerving from one side to the other two or three times, and tfuwfog Mr McKewen out of the trap, the animal footed down the hill at a furious rate, and but foy a pjle of timber near tne Wharf would "cer^aig^xr ko-YB gone into the river. The tr p w4s at fcfajte point turned over, and the boy thrown, ouj; ,pn to some wire. The horse then dragod 4)ls trap some two hundred yards, and broke it -nearly to pieces. Both Mr MoKewen and his son jrepeived a very severe shaking and some n.i*sy bruises. Some fc.vo hours after the .'ioideat r fctichard.-vOjn. went his son to bring the horse home. On the way young Richardson was thrown, aad got a bad fall, from the same horse.. J sterday the father and wm were both confined $a bed, but were progressing favorably. Counoillob Bs4i»B on Monday i;eceive^ from the Mayor and liis feJ2ow counciUoys a well merited rebuke for attempting to take up the time and attention of the Council with idle discussions upon remarks appearing m the pre.4 Bin reference to •bo.\iacil proceeding*. But the Council seema -altogether to have overlooked the reprehensible manner of his doing bo, that m speaking of .a/^ter which appeared m the Timbs of the 26th. he made a direct charge against the repreap amative of that paper, who wan present, advising himelf to that gentleman by name! '' Councillor Boale aaust have been well aware that the representaoive of the pre/s preseat for the purpode of reporting, and not a member of the Council, had no right to take part m any discussion, and that his mouth m solf defence was neoessarily •b*e4. To H»re thus attacked the

reporter was therefore both unfair and nugentlemanlike; The nature of the charge, too, was '.jta, mean as the charge ■ ic-iotf was false, bettaus* it was one of a | ..kind which the party aooused oannot rebut i by proofs. He cannot declare the writer.. I ; If Councillor Beale objected to the letter j j m question, and if, as we presume, hethinka I its statements were unfounded, the proper and manly way for him to have replied to it was -through the same channel. At the RM. Goxmr, NawoAWLB, on Tuesday, before W. N. Searanoke, Edq., R.M., Ellen Cheshire, servant at the Royal Mail Hotel, was charged' by Edmund Healey wiih stealing from off his watch ohain a gold looket of the value of 16a. It came out m evidence that informant had been previously engaged to be married to defendant, but that the match was broken off. Before that time plaintiff had allowed the defendant to get goods at his cost at Pitzpatrick and Cos. store to the extent of some £14 or £15. On the day when the robbery was said to have taken place, Healey went to the back premises of the .Royal Mail Hotel, where Ellen Cheshire was washing, and entered into conversation with her at the open window with the object of getting back the presents made to her when engaged to him. Finding he could not succeed he drew her attention to the locket on his watch guard, saying it contained the likeness of a better looking girl than ever she was. Defendant made a snatoh at the looket, broke it off tha guard, and refused to give it up, and Healey left, declaring he would make her pay for it. He obtained a search warrant, and the premises were searched, but without finding the looket m question. It was afterwards found by defendant m the yard where sh« had thrown it from her, and given by her to the police. The Magistrate dismissed the case. The only other business were two small debt cases. | Karaka Tarawhiti v. Harry Worthington ' claim £2 12s. Judgment for amount, and costs £1. Gilmour and Co. v. Stephens claim £8 sa. sd. Judgment for plaintiffs for £7 sb. sd. and oosta 19s Thb Masoxio Hotbe,, Caub&edob, has, i we see, passed into the handsof Mr P. Rom, and the price at whioh the lease has been purchased — some £8 per week, and a bonus (for the goodwill) of £100 for each year of the lease — speaks well for the rapid strides being made by the district m the march of progress. Mr Clements, we hear, has leased, his property of Clements' Park, as well as the hotel. The new lessees of the former property (some 250 acres m grass) are Messrs Ryan and O'Brien, both Cambridge men. Mr Clements had several oilers to purchase, but declined to part, having a largo faith, m the rising prosperity of the Waikato, and,, more especially, of the Cambridge district; and, indeed, the price at which the farm is let (£1 an acre per annum) is such as to induce aa owner to let rather than sell, and is, for the size of the farm, the highest rent, we believe, ever obtained m the Waikato. The land, however, is good. It has been reclaimed this ten years past, and the 250 aores carried no less than 1200 breeding e\vej with their lambs last year, and about three months back was stocked with 22 head of sheep and lambd to the acre. Messrs Ryan and O Brien, we understand, intend breaking up and sowing wheat largely. Mr Clement* will m a few months we are informed, pay a visit to Europe, bat is parting with none of hia town or country properties m the Cambridge district, intending to ultimately return and settle again m Waikato.